09 Oct
“Mestizo” was one of the first words I learned when I started studying Spanish in 7th grade at Argyle Junior High School. In this case, it was used to describe Mexicans who were the descendants of African slaves. I don’t remember how it came up, but I know that this was during the time of [...]
Posted in Fighting Racism, History, Immigration, Mexican & African American, Pictures, Visual Art by: Carmen D.
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27 Aug
The 16th Erase Racism Carnival is Here! Click on over and you’ll find a host of great writers all putting their best words forward to tackle racism. All About Race is honored to be featured in the carnival as well.
Also there you’ll see more of Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth Portraits.
Hats off [...]
Posted in Fighting Racism, Fixing the Problems, Political Correctness?, Politics, Uncategorized, Visual Art by: Carmen D.
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24 Aug
I wanted to call your attention to a traveling exhibit of portraits entitled: Americans Who Tell the Truth.
Americans Who Tell the Truth, which includes more than 100 paintings, was created as artist Robert Shetterly’s answer to the attacks of 9/11 and what he saw happening in America.
I began painting this series of portraits — finding [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, Visual Art, Waking Up by: Carmen D.
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25 Jul
If there were going to be several statues of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Mall in DC, who created those statues would not matter as much. But, there will be one statue and the fact that the selection committee went all the way to China to find an artist they deemed suitable to [...]
Posted in Day to Day, Pet Peeves, Uncategorized, Visual Art by: Carmen D.
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